Note: Descriptions are shown in the official language in which they were submitted.
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Field of the_Inv nticn
The present invention relates generally to
tracking control arrangements for use in optical disc
players, and more particularly, is directed to an improved
tracking servocontrol arrangement suitable for use in
an optical disc player which can reproduce an information
signal from a record track formed on an optical disc
available for inscribing.
Description of the Prior Art
There has been proposed an optical disc
available for inscribing of information which has generally
preformed grooves concaved on a recording surface thereof
for providing address information of record tracks or
the like.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIG. 1 is a schematic illustration showing
partially a recoding surfa~e of an optical disc available
for inscribing;
FIG. 2 is a schematic illustration of an optical
system employed in an optical disc player;
FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an example
of a previously proposed tracking control arrangement used
in the optical system shown in FIG~ 2;
FIGo 4 lS a waveform diagram of a signal read
from an optical disc having such a recording surface as
shown in FIG. l;
FIG. 5 is a block diagxam showing a tracking
control arrangement embodying the present invention for
use in an optical disc player; and
FIGS. 6Ato 6F are waveform diagrams used for
explaining the operation of the embodiment shown in FIG.5.
T~e optical disc a~ailable for inscribing of
a so-called land-recording type is provided on a recording
surface thereof such a precut portion as shown in FIG. l
of the accompanying drawings, for example.
In case of the optical disc shown in FIG. l,
a precut portion 2 is constituted with a bank l which is
called a ~land" and provided on a recording surface with
the height corresponding to one eighth of the wavelength
of a light beam impinging thereon and a plurality of
grooves G which are provided on the bank l with the depth
correspondin~ to one fourth of the wavelength of the light
beam impinging on the bank l and by which address
information ~i~nals or other information signals are
recorded. A portion of the top surface of the bank l
following the precut portion 2 forms a recording portion
3 available for inscribing information signals thereon.
In an optical disc player working with such
an optical disc available for inscribing to record
an information signal on a spiral record track composed of
precut portions and recording portions formed on
the optical disc as mentioned above and to reproduce
an information 6ignal recorded on the spiral record track
~ormed on the optical disc, a light beam i~ used for
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inscribin~ the lnformation signal on the recording
portions in the spiral record track on the optical disc
and or reading the information signal from the spiral
record trac~ on the optical disc~ The light beam is
directed to impinge on the optical disc caused to rotate
through an optical head which is moved radially of
the optical disc and is required to trace correctly
the spiral record track on the optical disc. Ib make
the light beam comply with this requirement, tracking
servocontrol is performed for maintaining the light beam,
which is directed onto the optical di.sc through the optlcal
head moved radially of the optical disc, in correct
tracking relation to the spiral record track on the optical
disc in both the recording operation and the reproducing
operation~
In order to carry out such tracking servocontrol,
the optical disc player is provided with a tracking
- control arrangement which is operative to produce
a tracking error signal representing positional deviation
of a beam spot ~ormed on the recording surface by
the liyht beam from the center of each portion of
the spiral record track, that.is tracking error, in
response to the output signal of a photosensing device to
which the light beam directed through the optical head to
the optical disc and then reflected from the recording
surface of the optical disc is led, and to drive an optical
element, for example, a lens or a mirror partially
constituting the optical head, to control the positio
thereof in response to the tracking error signal.
A proposed optical system containing such
a tracking con~rol arrangement for use in the optical disc
player is shown in FIG. 2. In FIG. 2, an optical disc D
has a spiral record track composed of precut portions 2
and recording por-tions 3 such as shown in FIG. 1 on
a recording surface thereof ~nd is rotated at predetermined
speed around the center thereof.
On the occasion of the reproducing operation,
a laser light beam emitted from a laser light source 4
pas~es through a collimating lens 5 and enters beam
splitters 6 and 7 aligned to pass through the same.
~he laser light beam, after having passed through the beam
splitters 6 and 7, passes through a quarter-wave plate 8
and an object lens 9 which focusses the laser light ~eam
on the recording surface of the di~c D. The obiect lens
9 is set to be moved in a direction transYerse to
the record track on the bank 1 and iD a direction
perpendicular to the recording surface on the ~isc D by
a tracking control driving device 10 and a ocus control
driving device 11, respectively. The laser light beam
caused to impinge on the disc D is modulated in intensity
in accordance with the record track thereon and then
reflected therefrom to pass through the object lens 9 and
the quarter-wave plate 8 into the beam splitter 7.
A part of the la~er light beam from the disc D is refracted
to the right in FIG. 2 at the beam splitter 7 and
the rest of the 1aser light beam from the disc D passes
through the beam splitter 7 into the heam splitter 6 to
be refracted thereat to the right in FIG. 2. Th2 laser
light ~eam refracted by the beam splitter 7 passes through
a lens portion 12a to a photodetector 13 to be used for
detection of tracking error of the laser light beam on
the record surface of the disc D, while the laser light
beam refracted by the beam splitter 6 passes through
a lens portion 12b to the photodetector 13 to be used for
detection of focus error of the laser light beam on
the record surface of the disc D and for production of
a reproduced information signalO
The photodetector 13 comprises a plurality of
light detecting elements, each of which detects the laser
light beam ~merging from the beam splitter 7 or 6 and
produces an ou~put signal in response to the variations in
lntensity of the detected laser light beam. The output
signals derived from the photodetector 13 are supplied to
a signal processor 14 containing a tracking servocontrol
circuit and a focus 6ervoeontrol circuit. The tracking
servocontrol circuit produces.a dri~ing signal for tracking
servocontrol which is supplied to the tracking control
driving device 10 for moving the object lens 9 to control
the position thereof so that the tracking servocontrol is
performed, and the focus servocontrol circuit produces
a driving signal for focus sevocontrol for maintaining
correct focusing of the laser light beam caused to impinge
on the disc D, which is supplied to the focus control
driving device 11 for moving the object lens 9 to control
the position thereof so that the focus servocontr31 is
performed. Further, the reproduced information signal is
also derived from ~he signal processor 14.
In the optical system described above,
the tracking control arrangement is constituted with
the light detecting elements forming the photodetector 13,
the tracking servocontrol circuit in the signal pr~cessor
14 and the tracking control driving device 10, and one
example of such tracking control arrangement proposed .
10 previously is sho~ in FIG. 3. .
In the arrangement shown in FIG~ 3,
the photodetector 13 comprises a photodetecting device 15
including a pair of light detecting elements 15A and 15B
for detecting ~racking error and a photodetecting.device
16 including a group of four light detecting elements 16A,
16B, 16C and 16D for detecting focus error and producing
the reproduced informati.on.signal. The photodetecting
devices 15 and 16 are so positioned that th~ laser light
beam emerging from the beam s~litter 7 froms a beam spot on
the photodetecting device 15 and the laser light beam
emerging from the heam splitter 6 forms a beam spot on
the photodetecting device 16.
The light detecting elements 15A and 15B produce
respectively output signals Sa and Sb. These output
signals Sa and Sb are amplified by ~mplifires 17a and 17b,
respectively, and then supplied to a subtracter 18 in which
the difference between the output signals Sa and Sb is
obtained. The subtracter 18 produces a trac~ing error
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signal TE, whi~h corresponds the difference between
the output signals Sa and Sb and represents positional
deviation of a spot formed on the recording surface of
the disc D by the laser light beam from the center of
each portion of the record track on the disc D and
the tracking error signal T~ is supplies to one of the input
terminals of a dividing circuit 24. The amplitude of
the tracking error signal TE varies in response to not only
variations in the txacking error but also variations in
the total quantity of light of the laser light beam
receivad by photodetecting device 15.
While, the light detecting elements 16A~- 16D
produce respectively output signals Ra, Rb, Rc and ~d.
The output signals Ra and Rc dexived respectively frsm
the l~ght detecting elements 16A and 16C are supplied to
an adder 19 to be added to each other and an output signal
Ra + Rc is obtained from the adder 19. Similarly, ~he output
signals Rb and Rd derived respectively from the light
detecting ~lements 16B and 16D are supplied to an adder ~0
to be added to each other and an output signal Rb + Rd is
obtained rom the adder 200 Then, the output signals
Ra t Rc and Rb ~ Rd der.ived respectively from the add~rs
19 and 20 are supplied to an adder 21 to be further added to
each other and a reproduced information signal RF, which is
identical to a signal Ra ~ Rb ~ Rc ~ Rd, is obtained from
the adder 21. The output signals Ra ~ Rc and Rb ~t ~ are
also supplied to a subtracter 22 in which the difference
between the output signals Ra ~ Rc and Rb -~ Rd is obtained.
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The subtracter 22 produces a focus error signal FE which
corresponds to th difference between the output signals
Ra ~ Rc and Rb ~ Rd and represents defocusing of the laser
light bea~ eaused to impinge on the disc D.
The reproduced information signal RF obtained
from the adder 21 has the respective different waveforms
in the period in which the laser light beam caused to
impinge on the recording surface of the disc D is tracing
the precut portion 2 on the record track and in the period
in which laser light beam caused to impinge on the recording
surface of the disc D is tracing the recording portion3
on the record track. By way of example, with a constant
quantity of light of the laser light beam directed
onto the disc D, during the period in which the laser
light beam is tracing the precut portlon 2, the reproduced
information signal ~F takes a high level which is laid
between a level Vl and a level V2 higher the level V1 and
a low level which is lowex than the level Vl so as to cross
over the level Vl intermittently, as shown in ~IG. 4 9
Qn the other hand, during the period in which the laser
light beam is tracing the recording portion 3, the reproduced
information signal RF takes a high level which is higher
than the level V2 and a low level which is laid between
the level Vl and the level V2 BO as to cross over the level
V2 .tntermittently when the laser light beam impinges on
a recorded area R in the recording portion 3 where
an information siynal is recorded and also takes the low
level between the .Level Vl and the level V2 continuously
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when the laser li~ht beam impinges on a blank area N in
the recording portion 3 where any information signal is
not recorded yet. Further, the reproduced information
signal RF obtained from the adder 21 has an amplitude
variation with relatively low ~requency which results from
variations in the total quantity of li~ht of the laser
light beam received by the photodetecting device 16 and
thQrefore is in proportion to the variations in the ~otal
quantity of light of the laser light beam received by
the photodetecting device 15.
The reproduced information signal RF thus.
obtained is supplied to a low pass filter 23 and a rontrol ..
signal RFo, which has a level varying in response to
the above mentioned amplitu~e variation with rslativQly
low frequency of the reproduced information signal RF, is
obtained from the low pass filter 230 This control signal
RFo is supplied to the other of the input terminals of
the dividing circuit 24 as a signal having an amplitude
varying in proportion to the variations in the total
quantity of light of the laser light beam received by
the photodetec~ing dPvice lS.
In the dividing circuit 24, th0 operation
equivalent to a division for di.viding a value corresponding
to the amplitude of the tracking error signal ~E by
a value corresponding to the amplitude of the control
signal RFo is performed, and a modified tracking error
signal T~' which is intended to have an amplitude
corresponding to the amplitude of the tracking error signal
TE without the variation resulting from the variations in
the total quantity of light of the laser light beam
received by photodetecting device 15 and varying properly
in response to the variations in the tracking error even
though the total quantity of light of the laser light
beam received by photodetecting device 15 is varied, is
o~tained from the dividing circuit 24. This modified
tracking error signal TE' is supplied through a phase
compensating circuit 25 and a driving cixcuit 26 to
he trackinq control driving device 10 as the drlvin~
signal for tracking servocontrol. The tracking ~ontrol
driving device 10 supplied with the driving signal for
tracking servocontrol causes the laser light beam ~mpinging
on the recording surface of the disc D to move in
the direction transverse to the record track on
the recording surface to be in correct tracking relation
to the record track.
. : When the tracking servocontrol is performed by
the tracking control arrangement as described above in
the reproducing operation in which the information signal
recorded on the optical disc D having the spiral record
disc composed of the precut portions 2 and the recording
portions 3 as shown in FIG. 1 is read, since the average
reflectivity at the recorded area R in the recording
portions 3 is distinctively higher than the average
reflectivity at the blank area N in the recording portion
3, the total quantity of light of the laser light beam
received by the photodetecting device~ 15 and 16 during
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the period in which the laser light beam impinges on
the recorded area R is distinctively more than that during
the period in which the laser light beam impinges on
the blank area No ~wever, the amplitllde of the tracKing
error signal TE obtained from the subtracter 18 is not
affected by the difference between the total quantity of
light of the laser light beam received by the photodetecting
device 15 during the period in which the laser light beam
impinges ~n the recorded area R and the similar ~otal
quantity of light during th~ period in which the laser
light beam impinges on the blank area N, and takes
the same level both in the period in which the laser light
beam impinges on the recorded area R and in the period in
which the laser light beam impinges on the blank area N,
if the degree of the tracking error is not varied between
both periods.
: Uhder such a condition, the amplitude of
the tracking error signal.TE is alway.s modified in
the dividing circuit 24 in response to the variations in
the total quantity of light of the laser light beam
received by the photodetecting device 15, so that
the modified tracking error siynal TE' is produced.
Accordingly, the amplitude of the modified tracking error
signal TE' obtained from the dividing circuit 24 during
the period in which the laser light beam impinges on
the recorded area R is mede to be smaller than that during
the period in which .the laser light beam impinges on
the blank area N even if the degree of the tracking error
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is not varied between both periods, and consequently
a loop gain with which the tracking servocontrol circuit
performs the control operation is varied, so that
the control operation is carried out with a relatively
high gain when the laser light beam impinges on the blank
area N and with a relatively low gain when the laser li.ght
beam impinges on the recorded area R. This results in
the disadvantage that the tracking servocontrol is apt
to be made unstable and the information signal may not
be read prcperly from the spiral record track on
the optical disc D.
O ECTS ~ND SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Accordingly~ it is an object of the present
invention to provide a tracking control arrangement for
use in an optical disc player to maintain a light beam
impinging on an optical disc in correct tracking relation
to a record track on the Gptical disc, which avoids
the aforementioned disadvantage in respect to tracking
control encountered with the prlor art.
Another object of the present invention is to
provide a tracking control arrangement for use in
an optical disc player in which a light beam is caused to
impinge on an optical disc available for inscribing for
read an information signal from a record track formed on
the optical disc, which can perform tracking servocontrol
stably to maintain a light beam directed onto the optical
disc in correct tracking relation ~o the record track on
the optical disc.
A further object of the present invention is
to provide a tracking control arrangement for use in
an optical disc player in which a light beam is caused to
impinge on an optical disc available for inscribing on
which an information signal is recorded in a record track
and, aftar reflected at the optical disc, received by
a photodetector and a tracking error signal is produced
from the output of the photodetector to be used for tracking
servocontrol for maintalnlng the llght beam ln correct
tracking relation to the record track on the optical disc,
which can perform the tracking servocontrol stably in
both the period in which the light beam reflected at
a recorded area in the record track is received by
the photodetector and the period in which the light beam
reflected at a blank area in the record track is received
by the photodetector~
According to an aspect of tha present invention,
there is provided a tracking control arrangement for use
in an optical disc player having an optical device for
causing a light beam to impinge on an optical disc on
which an information signal is recorded in a record track
containing a recorded area and a blank area, the tracking
control arrangement comprising photodetecting means for
receiving a light beam reflectad at tha optical disc to
produce an output in response to the light beam received
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thereby, signal generating means or gener~ting a first
signal corresponding to the information signal and
a second signal representing tracking error of the light
beam impinging on the optical disc irom the output of
the photodetecting meansl signal modifying means for
modifying the second signal in response to variations in
the total quantity of light of the light beam received by
the photodetecting means to produce a modified signal,
driving means for driving the optical device to maintain
the light beam impinging on the optical disc in
a predetermined tracking relation to the record track on
the optical disc in response to the modified signal,
detecting means for detecting a variation in the first
signal resulting from the condition in which the light
beam reflected at the blank area in the record track is
received by the photodetecting means, and gain control
means Eor transmitting khe modified signal to the driving
means and varying the gain for transmission of
the modified signal in response to a predetermined
detection output obtained from the detecting means.
In the tracking control arrangement thus
constituted in accordance with the present invention,
the loop gain with which the tracking servocontrol is
performed can be set appropriately in both the period in
which the light beam reElected at the recorded area in
the record track on the optical disc is received by
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the photodetector and the period in which the light beam
reflected at the blank area in the record track on the op~ical
disc is received by the photodetector, even if the total
quan~ity of light of the light beam received by
the photodetector is varied between the period in which
the light beam impinges on the record area and the period
in which the light beam impinges on the blank area.
Accordingly, the tracking servocontrol can be performed
stably in the playing operation of the optical disc player
for reproducing an information signal from an optical disc
available for inscribingO
The above and other objects, features and
advantages of the pres~nt invention will become apparent
from the following detailed description taken in
conjunction with the accompanying dra~ings.
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DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
Now, one embodiment of tracking control
arrangement for use in an optical disc player according
to the present invention will be described in detail
with reference to the drawings hereinafter.
FIG. 5 shows one example of a tracking control
arrangement embodying the present invention for use in
an optical disc player having an optical system as shown
in FIG. 2. In FIG. 5, elemen-ts, circuit blocks and
signals corresponding to those of FIG. 3 are marked with
the same references and further description thereof will
be omitted.
In the example shown in FIG. 5, a gain control
circuit 30 is provided between the output end of
the dividing circuit 24 and the input end of the phase
compensating circuit 25 for controlling the gain of
a driving portion in which a driving signal based on
the modified tracking error signal TE' from the dividing
circuit 24 is supplied to the tracking control driving
device 10.
An envelope detecting circuit 32 is also
connected -through a capacitor 31 to the output end of
the adder 21 and the output end of the envelope detecting
circuit 32 is connected -to one of the input terminals of
2S an OR gate circuit 33. The output end of the OR gate
circuit 33 is connected to the control terminal of
the gain control circuit 30.
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~ lrther, a monostable multivibra-tor (M M) 35
is connected to a terminal 3~ to which a track jump
command signal for causing the laser light beam impinging
on -the op-tical disc D to carry ou-t a track jump operation
is to be supplied, and the output end of the monostable
multivibrator 35 is connected to -the other oE the inpu-t
terminals of the OR gate circui-t 33. Other portions of
the embodiment are constituted in the sarne manner as
the tracking control arrangement sho~m in FIG. 3.
In the reproducing operation of the optical
disc player which employs the tracking control arangement
constituted as mentioned above according to the present
inven-tion and on which the optical disc D having
the spiral record disc composed of the precut portions 2
and the recording portions 3 as shown in FIG. 1 is loaded,
the tracking error signal TE is obtained from the subtracter
18 to be supplied -to -the dividing circuit 24 and
the modified tracking error signal TE', which is intended
to have -the amplitude without the varia-tion resulting
from the varia-tions in -the total quantity of ligh-t of
the laser light beam received by photodetecting device 15 r
is drived from -the dividing circuit 24 through the operation
equivalent to a division for dividing a value corresponding
to the amplitiude of -the tracking error signal TE by
a value corresponding to the amplitude oE the control
signal RFo from -the low pass fill-ter 23 performed in
-the dividing circui-t 24, similarly to the case of
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-the tracklng con-trol arrangement shown ln FIG. 3.
The modified tracking error signal TE' is supplied through
the gain control circuit 30 and the phase compensating circuit
25 to the driving circuit 26 and a driving signal based on
the modified tracking error signal TE' supplied to
the driving circuit 26 is derived from the driving circuit
26 to be supplied to -the tracking control driving device lO,
so tha-t the object lens 9 is driven to maintain the laser
light beam impinging on the disc D in a correct tracking
relation to the record track on the disc D in response to
the modified tracking error signal TE'.
In this operation, as shown in FIG. 6A,
the reproduced i.nformation signal RF derived from the adder
21 includes a signal component Pp obtained from the precut
portion 2 on the disc D with the amplitude crossing over
the level Vl intermittently, a DC component Dn obtained
from the blank area in the recording portion 3 on the disc
D with the level between the levels Vl and V2, and
a signal componen-t Pr obtained from the recorded area in
the recording portion 3 with the ampli.tude crossing over
the level V2 intermittently. This reproduced information
signa]. RF is passed through -the capacitor 31 so that the DC
component Dn is eliminated from the reproduced information
signal RF to produce a signal Qa as shown in FIG. 6B and
the signal Qa is supplied to the envelope detecting circuit
32. Then, from the envelope detecting circuit 32, a signal
Qb taking selectively a high level _ and a low level ~ in
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response to -the envelope of -the signal Qa is obtained as
shown in FIG. 6C. A portion Lh taking the high level _
of the signal Qb represents -the period in which
the reproduced information signal RF is obtained from
the precut portion 2 or the recorded area in the recording
portion 3 on the disc D, while a portion L~ taking the low
level e of the signal Qb represents the period in which
the reproduced information signal RF ls obtained from
the blank area in the recording portion 3 on the disc D.
That is, the portion Le taking the low level ~ of
the signal Qb indicates that the laser light beam
reflected at the blank area in the recording por-tion 3 on
the disc D is received by the photodetecting device 15.
The signal Qb is supplied to the OR gate circuit
33 and a signal Qc taking the high level _ in synchronism
with the portion Lh of the signal Qb and the low level e
in synchronism wi-th the portion Le of the signal Qb, as
shown in FIG. 6D, is obtained from the OR gate circuit 33
to be supplied to the control terminal of the gain control
circuit 30. With this signal Qc from the OR gate circuit
33, the gain control circuit 30 is caused -to con-trol
the gain for transmission of the modified tracking error
siynal TE' to be increased during the period in which
the signal Qc takes the high level _. When the signal
Qc takes the high level h, the laser light beam reflected
at the recorded area in the recording portion 3 on the disc
D is received by the photodetecting device 15 and therefore
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-the amplitude of the modified -tracking error signal TE'
is modified to be decreased before being supplied to
the gain control circuit 30. Accordingly, wlth the gain
for transmission of the modified -tracking error signal TE'
increased in the gain control circuit 30, an appropriate
loop gain for tracking servocon-trol can be set in
the arrangement shown in FIG. 5.
During the period in which the signal Qc takes
the low level e, the gain control circuit 30 is caused to
control the gain for transmission of the modified tracking
error signal TE' to be decreased with the signal Qc froM
the OR gate circuit 33. When the signal Qc takes the low
level ~, the laser light beam reflected at the blank area
in the recording portion 3 on the disc D is received by
the photodetecting device 15 and therefore -the amplitude of
the modified tracking error signal TE' is modified to be
increased before being supplied to the gain control
circuit 30. Accordingly, with the gain for transmission
of the modified tracking error signal TE' decreased in
the gain control circuit 30, the appropriate loop gain for
tracking servocontrol can be also set in the arrangement
shown in FIG. 5.
In the meantime, when the track jump command
signal Pj having -the duration T as shown in FIG. 6E is
supplied to the terminal 34 and the track jump operation,
in which the beam spo-t formed on the optical disc D by
the laser light beam is rapidly moved from a certain turn
to another turn of the spiral record track, is carried out
during a period Tj commencing immedia-tely a-fter
the preceding edge of the track jump command signal Pj and
terminating after the retarded edge of the track jump
command signal Pj, the reproduced information signal RF
derived from the adder 21 includes only the DC component
Dn as shown in FIG~ 6A because the information signal
recorded on the disc D is not read during the track jump
operation. Therefore, the signal Qb obtalned from
the envelope detecting clrcuit 32 includes only the portion
Le taking the low level ~ as shown in FIG. 5C in the period
Tj in which the -track jump operation is carried out and
consequently the gain control circuit 30 is caused to
control the gain for transmission of the modified tracking
error signal TE' to be decreased iE it were left as it is.
However, since the loop gain for tracking
servocontrol is required to be large enough a-t the end of
the track jump operation so that the laser light beam is controlled
to form -the beam spot thereof correctly on a desired turn
of the record track and to come into proper tracking
relation thereto, it is undesirable that the gain for
transmission of -the modiEied tracking error signal TE' is
decreased in the gain control circuit 30 in the period Tj.
Accordingly, in the embodiment shown in FIG~ 5,
the track jump command signal Pj is supplied through
the terminal 34 to the monostable multivibrator 35 and
a signal Qj, which takes the high level _ during a period
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T' commencing with the preceding edge of the track jump
command signal Pj and is slightly longer than the period
Tj, is obtained from the monostable multivibrator 35 to be
supplied to the other of the input terminals of the OR
gate circuit 33. With this signal Qj from the monostable
multivibrator 35, the signal Qc obtained from the OR gate
circuit 33 takes the high level h during the period Tj,
as shown in FIG. 6D. As a result of this, the gain
control circuit 30 is maintained in -the conditlon for
keeping the gain for transmission of the modified tracking
error signal TE' to be increased, so that the problem
incident to the track jump operation is avoided.
